Lossless Compression Test, FLAC, WP, MA, TAKC, TTA, LA, OF, SHN, WMA Options

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For the last 2 weeks i have been running a Lossless compression test using a whole range of different lossless codecs. I'm not sure if the results would be helpful to anyone but i thought i would post them up on HA just in case.

-Encoders Tested-

FLAC v1.2.1
Lossless Audio v4b
Monkeys Audio v4.10
OptimFROG v4.910b
QAAC v1.40 (iTunes v10.6.3.25)
Shorten v3.6.1
TAK v2.2.0
TTA v2.1
Wavpack v4.60.1
WMA v9.2 Lossless (Converted with dBpoweramp Music Converter)

-Music Tested-

CODE

+---30 Seconds To Mars
| +---2002 - 30 Seconds To Mars
| +---2006 - A Beautiful Lie
| \---2009 - This Is War
+---311
| \---1995 - 311
+---A
| \---2002 - Hi-Fi Serious
+---A Perfect Circle
| +---2000 - Mer De Noms
| \---2003 - Thirteenth Step
+---AC-DC
| +---1980 - Back In Black
| +---1992 - Live Collector's Edition Disc 1
| \---1992 - Live Collector's Edition Disc 2
+---Adele
| \---2011 - 21
+---AFI
| +---2003 - Sing The Sorrow
| +---2006 - Decemberunderground
| +---2009 - Crash Love
| \---2009 - Crash Love Bonus Disc
+---Alexisonfire
| +---2002 - Alexisonfire
| +---2004 - Watch Out!
| +---2006 - Crisis
| +---2007 - Live At The Manchester Academy Disc 1
| +---2007 - Live At The Manchester Academy Disc 2
| \---2009 - Old Crows - Young Cardinals
+---Alice In Chains
| +---1993 - Jar Of Flies
| +---1996 - Unplugged
| \---2001 - Greatest Hits
+---Alien Ant Farm
| +---2001 - Anthology
| \---2003 - Truant
+---Angels & Airwaves
| +---2006 - We Don't Need To Whisper
| +---2007 - I-Empire
| +---2010 - Love Part One
| \---2011 - Love Part Two
+---Anthrax
| +---1987 - Among The Living
| +---1990 - Persistence Of Time
| +---1993 - Sound Of White Noise
| \---2003 - We've Come For You All
+---Anti-flag
| +---2006 - For Blood And Empire
| +---2007 - A Benefit For Victims Of Violent Crime
| +---2008 - The Bright Lights Of America
| +---2009 - The People Or The Gun
| \---2009 - Which Side Are You On E.p
+---Arctic Monkeys
| \---2007 - Favourite Worst Nightmare
+---Autopilot Off
| \---2004 - Make A Sound
+---Bad Religion
| +---1989 - No Control
| +---1990 - Against The Grain
| +---1993 - Recipe For Hate
| +---1994 - Stranger Than Fiction
| +---1996 - The Gray Race
| +---1997 - Tested
| +---2002 - The Process Of Belief
| +---2004 - The Empire Strikes First
| +---2007 - New Maps Of Hell
| \---2010 - The Dissent Of Man
+---Banco De Gaia
| +---1995 - Last Train To Lhasa Disc 1
| \---1995 - Last Train To Lhasa Disc 2
+---Ben Folds
| +---2001 - Rockin' The Suburbs
| \---2002 - Ben Folds Live
+---Ben Folds Five
| +---1995 - Ben Folds Five
| +---1997 - Whatever And Ever Amen
| \---1999 - The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner
+---Billy Joel
| +---1985 - Greatest Hits Disc 1
| \---1985 - Greatest Hits Disc 2
+---Billy Talent
| +---2003 - I
| +---2006 - II
| +---2007 - 666
| \---2009 - III
+---Blink-182
| +---1994 - Buddha
| +---1994 - Cheshire Cat
| +---1997 - Dude Ranch
| +---1999 - Enema Of The State
| +---2000 - The Mark, Tom & Travis Show
| +---2001 - Take Off Your Pants And Jacket
| +---2003 - Blink-182
| \---2011 - Neighborhoods
+---Bob Marley
| \---1984 - Legend
+---Bob Mould
| \---1996 - Bob Mould
+---Bodyjar
| +---1998 - No Touch Red
| +---2000 - How It Works
| \---2005 - Bodyjar
+---Bon Jovi
| \---1986 - Slippery When Wet
+---Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
| +---2006 - The Letting Go
| \---2011 - Wolfroy Goes To Town
+---Bowling For Soup
| \---2004 - A Hangover You Don't Deserve
+---Brand New
| +---2001 - Your Favourite Weapon
| +---2003 - Deja Entendu
| +---2006 - The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me
| \---2009 - Daisy
+---Breaking Benjamin
| +---2002 - Saturate
| +---2004 - Live Ep
| +---2004 - We Are Not Alone
| +---2006 - Phobia
| \---2009 - Dear Agony
+---Cake
| +---1994 - Motorcade Of Generosity
| +---1996 - Fashion Nugget
| +---1998 - Prolonging The Magic
| +---2001 - Comfort Eagle
| +---2004 - Pressure Chief
| \---2011 - Showroom Of Compassion
+---Cat Stevens
| \---1990 - The Very Best Of Cat Stevens
+---Chicago
| \---1997 - Heart Of Chicago 1967 - 1997
+---Cky
| +---2001 - Volume 1
| \---2002 - Infiltrate.Destroy.Rebuild
+---Counting Crows
| \---1993 - August And Everything After
+---Creedence Clearwater Revival
| +---1995 - Chronicle Disc 1
| \---1995 - Chronicle Disc 2
+---Crowded House
| \---1996 - Recurring Dream The Very Best Of
+---Danzig
| \---1988 - Danzig
+---David Bowie
| \---1997 - The Best Of (1969-1974)
+---Deep Purple
| +---1972 - Machine Head- 25th Anniversary Edition Disc 1
| \---1972 - Machine Head- 25th Anniversary Edition Disc 2
+---Def Leppard
| \---1987 - Hysteria
+---Descendents
| \---1996 - Everything Sucks
+---Dire Straits
| \---1998 - Sultans Of Swing - The Very Best Of
+---Disturbed
| +---2000 - The Sickness
| +---2002 - Believe
| +---2005 - Ten Thousand Fists
| +---2008 - Indestructible
| +---2010 - Asylum
| \---2011 - The Lost Children
+---Dragonforce
| \---2006 - Inhuman Rampage
+---Dropkick Murphys
| +---1997 - Do Or Die
| +---2001 - Sing Loud, Sing Proud!
| +---2003 - Blackout
| +---2005 - The Warrior's Code
| +---2007 - The Meanest Of Times
| +---2010 - Live On Lansdowne, Boston MA
| \---2011 - Going Out In Style
+---Easy Star All-Stars
| +---2003 - Dub Side Of The Moon
| +---2006 - Radiodread
| +---2009 - Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band
| +---2010 - Dubber Side Of The Moon
| \---2012 - Thrillah
+---Elton John
| +---2002 - Greatest Hits 1970 - 2002 Disc 1
| \---2002 - Greatest Hits 1970 - 2002 Disc 2
+---Eric Clapton
| +---1992 - Unplugged
| +---2002 - One More Car, One More Rider - Disc 1
| \---2002 - One More Car, One More Rider - Disc 2
+---Evanescence
| \---2003 - Fallen
+---Extreme
| \---1990 - Pornograffitti
+---Face To Face
| \---1996 - Face To Face
+---Faith No More
| +---1985 - We Care A Lot
| +---1987 - Introduce Yourself
| +---1989 - The Real Thing
| +---1990 - Live At The Brixton Academy
| +---1993 - Angel Dust
| +---1993 - Free Concert In The Park
| +---1995 - King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime
| +---1997 - Album Of The Year
| \---2009 - Download Festival
+---Fat Freddys Drop
| \---2005 - Based On A True Story
+---Fatboy Slim
| \---1998 - You've Come A Long Way, Baby
+---Fear Factory
| +---1997 - Remanufacture
| +---1998 - Obsolete
| \---2001 - Digimortal
+---Finch
| +---2002 - What It Is To Burn
| +---2005 - Say Hello To Sunshine
| +---2008 - Finch
| \---2010 - Epilogue Ep
+---Finger Eleven
| \---2003 - Finger Eleven
+---Finley Quaye
| +---1997 - Maverick A Strike
| \---2003 - Much More Than Much Love
+---Fishbone
| \---1991 - The Reality Of My Surroundings
+---Foo Fighters
| +---1995 - Foo Fighters
| +---1997 - The Colour And The Shape
| \---1999 - There Is Nothing Left To Lose
+---Frank Zappa
| \---1982 - Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch
+---Frenzal Rhomb
| +---1999 - A Man's Not A Camel
| +---1999 - We're Going Out Tonight EP
| \---1999 - You Are Not My Friend EP
+---Frightened Rabbit
| \---2008 - The Midnight Organ Fight
+---Fun Lovin' Criminals
| +---1996 - Come Find Yourself
| +---1998 - 100% Colombian
| +---1999 - Mimosa
| +---2001 - Loco
| \---2010 - Classic Fantastic
+---Funeral For A Friend
| +---2003 - Casually Dressed & Deep In Conversation
| +---2003 - Seven Ways To Scream Your Name
| +---2005 - Hours
| +---2007 - Tales Don't Tell Themselves
| +---2007 - The Great Wide Open (Live)
| +---2008 - Memory And Humanity
| +---2009 - Your History Is Mine (2002-2009)
| \---2011 - Welcome Home Armageddon
+---Green Day
| +---1994 - Dookie
| +---1995 - Insomniac
| +---1997 - Nimrod
| +---2000 - Warning
| +---2002 - Shenanigans
| \---2004 - American Idiot
+---Grinspoon
| \---2004 - Thrills, Kills + Sunday Pills
+---Groove Armada
| \---2002 - Lovebox
+---Guns N' Roses
| +---1987 - Appetite For Destruction
| +---1991 - Use Your Illusion I
| +---1991 - Use Your Illusion II
| \---2008 - Chinese Democracy
+---Head Like A Hole
| \---1995 - Double Your Strength Improve Your Health And Lengthen Your Life
+---Hoobastank
| \---2003 - The Reason
+---Hootie & The Blowfish
| \---1994 - Cracked Rear View
+---Husker Du
| \---1994 - The Living End
+---Incubus
| +---1999 - Make Yourself
| +---2001 - Morning View
| +---2004 - A Crow Left Of The Murder
| +---2006 - Light Grenades
| +---2011 - If Not Now, When
| \---2012 - Live Hq
+---Inspiral Carpets
| \---1991 - The Beast Inside
+---Iron Maiden
| +---1983 - Piece Of Mind
| +---1988 - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
| +---1992 - Fear Of The Dark
| +---1993 - A Real Live One
| +---1998 - The Number Of The Beast
| +---2000 - Brave New World
| +---2002 - Rock In Rio Disc 1
| +---2002 - Rock In Rio Disc 2
| +---2009 - Flight 666 The Original Soundtrack Disc 1
| \---2009 - Flight 666 The Original Soundtrack Disc 2
+---Jack Johnson
| +---2000 - Brushfire Fairytales
| +---2003 - On And On
| +---2005 - In Between Dreams
| \---2008 - Sleep Through The Static
+---Jamiroquai
| \---1996 - Travelling Without Moving
+---Jeff Wayne
| +---1978 - The War Of The Worlds Disc 1
| \---1978 - The War Of The Worlds Disc 2
+---Jimmy Eat World
| +---2001 - Jimmy Eat World
| +---2004 - Futures
| +---2007 - Chase This Light
| \---2010 - Invented
+---Joe Satriani
| \---1992 - The Extremist
+---John Butler Trio
| \---2007 - Grand National
+---John Lennon
| +---1971 - Imagine
| \---1997 - Lennon Legend - The Very Best Of John Lennon
+---John Mayer
| +---2001 - Room For Squares
| +---2003 - Any Given Thursday Disc 1
| +---2003 - Any Given Thursday Disc 2
| +---2003 - Heavier Things
| +---2006 - Continuum
| +---2006 - The Village Sessions
| +---2008 - Where The Light Is Live In Los Angeles Disc 1
| +---2008 - Where The Light Is Live In Los Angeles Disc 2
| +---2009 - Battle Studies
| \---2012 - Born And Raised
+---Lagwagon
| +---1994 - Trashed
| +---1995 - Duh
| +---1995 - Hoss
| +---1997 - Double Plaidinum
| +---1998 - Let's Talk About Feelings
| +---2002 - Let's Talk About Leftovers
| +---2003 - Blaze
| +---2005 - Live In A Dive
| +---2005 - Resolve
| \---2008 - I Think My Older Brother Used To Listen To Lagwagon
+---Less Than Jake
| +---1995 - Pezcore
| +---1996 - Losing Streak
| +---1998 - Hello Rockview
| \---2008 - Gnv Fla Deluxe Box Set
+---Linkin Park
| +---2000 - Hybrid Theory
| +---2003 - Meteora
| \---2007 - Minutes To Midnight
+---Living Colour
| +---1988 - Vivid
| \---1990 - Time's Up
+---Long Beach Dub Allstars
| \---1999 - Right Back
+---Lostprophets
| +---2004 - Start Something
| +---2006 - Liberation Transmission
| +---2010 - The Betrayed
| \---2012 - Weapons (Deluxe Edition)
+---Mad Caddies
| +---1997 - Quality Soft Core
| +---1998 - Duck And Cover
| +---2000 - The Holiday Has Been Cancelled
| +---2001 - Rock The Plank
| +---2003 - Just One More
| +---2004 - Live From Toronto- Songs In The Key Of Eh
| \---2007 - Keep It Going
+---Matchbook Romance
| +---2003 - Stories And Alibis
| \---2006 - Voices
+---Mclusky
| \---2006 - Mcluskyism
+---Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
| +---1997 - Have A Ball
| +---1999 - Are A Drag
| +---2001 - Blow In The Wind
| +---2003 - Take A Break
| +---2004 - Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah
| +---2006 - Love Their Country
| \---2008 - Have Another Ball
+---Michael Jackson
| +---1979 - Off The Wall
| +---1982 - Thriller
| \---1991 - Dangerous
+---Millencolin
| +---1995 - Life On A Plate
| +---1997 - For Monkeys
| +---1999 - Pennybridge Pioneers
| +---1999 - The Melancholy Collection
| \---2002 - Home From Home
+---Misfits
| +---1997 - American Psycho
| +---1999 - Famous Monsters
| +---2003 - Project 1950
| \---2011 - The Devil's Rain
+---Moby
| \---1999 - Play
+---Motley Crue
| \---1989 - Dr. Feelgood
+---Mr. Bungle
| +---1991 - Mr. Bungle
| +---1995 - Disco Volante
| \---1999 - California
+---Muse
| +---1999 - Showbiz
| +---2001 - Origin Of Symmetry
| +---2002 - Hullabaloo Disc 1
| +---2002 - Hullabaloo Disc 2
| +---2003 - Absolution
| +---2006 - Black Holes And Revelations
| +---2008 - H.A.A.R.P
| \---2009 - The Resistance
+---Neil Finn & Friends
| +---2001 - 7 Worlds Collide - Live At The St. James
| \---2001 - 7 Worlds Collide - Live At The St. James DVD
+---New Found Glory
| +---1999 - Nothing Gold Can Stay
| +---2000 - From The Screen To Your Stereo
| +---2000 - New Found Glory
| +---2002 - Sticks And Stones
| +---2004 - Catalyst
| +---2006 - Coming Home
| +---2007 - From The Screen To Your Stereo Part 2
| +---2008 - Tip Of The Iceberg
| +---2009 - Not Without A Fight
| \---2011 - Radiosurgery
+---Nirvana
| +---1989 - Bleach
| +---1991 - Nevermind
| +---1992 - Incesticide
| +---1994 - Unplugged In New York
| +---2009 - Live At Reading
| \---2011 - Live At The Paramount
+---No Fun At All
| +---1993 - Throw It In
| +---1995 - No Straight Angles
| +---1995 - Out Of Bounds
| +---1997 - The Big Knockover
| \---2000 - State Of Flow
+---No Use For A Name
| +---1990 - Incognito
| +---1992 - Don't Miss The Train
| +---1993 - Daily Grind
| +---1995 - Leche Con Carne
| +---1997 - Making Friends
| +---1999 - More Betterness!
| +---2002 - Hard Rock Bottom
| +---2002 - Live In A Dive
| +---2005 - Keep Them Confused
| \---2008 - The Feel Good Record Of The Year
+---Nofx
| +---1989 - S&M Airlines
| +---1991 - Liberal Animation
| +---1991 - Ribbed
| +---1992 - The Longest Line
| +---1992 - White Trash, Two Heebs, And A Bean
| +---1994 - Punk In Drublic
| +---1995 - I Heard They Suck Live
| +---1996 - Heavy Petting Zoo
| +---1997 - So Long And Thanks For All The Shoes
| +---1999 - The Decline
| +---2000 - Pump Up The Valuum
| +---2002 - 45 Or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough To Go On Our Other Records Disc 1
| +---2002 - 45 Or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough To Go On Our Other Records Disc 2 Catching Zzz's
| +---2003 - The War On Errorism
| +---2006 - Wolves In Wolves' Clothing
| +---2009 - Coaster
| \---2009 - Cokie The Clown Ep
+---Ocean Colour Scene
| +---1996 - Moseley Shoals
| \---2001 - Songs For The Front Row
+---One Dollar Short
| \---2002 - Eight Days Away
+---Ozzy Osbourne
| +---1980 - Blizzard Of Ozz
| +---1983 - Bark At The Moon
| +---1991 - No More Tears
| +---1995 - Ozzmosis
| +---1995 - Tribute
| +---1997 - The Ozzman Cometh Disc 1
| +---1997 - The Ozzman Cometh Disc 2
| +---2005 - Under Cover
| +---2007 - Black Rain
| \---2010 - Scream
+---Pacifier
| +---2002 - Pacifier
| \---2002 - Weapons Of Mass Destruction
+---Papa Roach
| +---2004 - Getting Away With Murder
| +---2006 - The Paramour Sessions
| \---2009 - Metamorphosis
+---Pennywise
| +---1991 - Pennywise
| +---1992 - A Word From The Wise
| +---1993 - Unknown Road
| +---1995 - About Time
| +---1997 - Full Circle
| +---1999 - Straight Ahead
| +---2001 - Land Of The Free
| +---2003 - From The Ashes
| +---2005 - The Fuse
| +---2008 - Reason To Believe
| \---2012 - All Or Nothing
+---Phil Collins
| +---1989 - ...But Seriously
| \---1998 - ...Hits
+---Pink Floyd
| +---1973 - The Dark Side Of The Moon
| +---1975 - Wish You Were Here
| +---1979 - The Wall Disc 1
| +---1979 - The Wall Disc 2
| \---2005 - Live 8
+---Placebo
| +---1996 - Placebo
| +---1998 - Without You I'm Nothing
| +---2001 - Black Market Music
| +---2003 - Covers
| +---2003 - Sleeping With Ghosts
| +---2003 - Sleeping With Ghosts - Covers
| +---2006 - Meds
| +---2007 - Meds - Chile
| +---2009 - Battle For The Sun
| \---2011 - We Come In Pieces (Live)
+---Primal Scream
| \---1992 - Screamadelica
+---Pulley
| \---1996 - Esteem Driven Engine
+---Queen
| +---1981 - Greatest Hits
| +---2003 - Live At Wembley Stadium Disc 1
| \---2003 - Live At Wembley Stadium Disc 2
+---Radiohead
| +---1993 - Pablo Honey
| +---1995 - The Bends
| +---1997 - OK Computer
| \---2000 - Kid A
+---Rage Against The Machine
| +---1992 - Rage Against The Machine
| \---1996 - Evil Empire
+---Red Hot Chili Peppers
| \---1991 - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
+---Reel Big Fish
| +---1995 - Everything Sucks
| +---1996 - Turn The Radio Off
| +---1998 - Why Do They Rock So Hard
| +---2002 - Cheer Up
| +---2005 - We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy
| +---2006 - Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album Disc 1
| +---2006 - Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album Disc 2
| +---2007 - Monkeys For Nothin' And The Chimps For Free
| \---2009 - Fame, Fortune And Fornication
+---Regurgitator
| \---1997 - Unit
+---Richard Ashcroft
| +---2000 - Alone With Everybody
| +---2002 - Human Conditions
| \---2006 - Keys To The World
+---Rise Against
| +---2001 - The Unraveling
| +---2003 - Revolutions Per Minute
| +---2004 - Siren Song Of The Counter Culture
| +---2006 - The Sufferer And The Witness
| +---2008 - Appeal To Reason
| \---2011 - Endgame
+---Saliva
| \---2004 - Survival Of The Sickest
+---Salmonella Dub
| +---1999 - Killervision
| \---2001 - Inside The Dub Plates
+---Seether
| \---2005 - Karma And Effect
+---Shihad
| +---1995 - Killjoy
| +---1996 - Shihad
| \---1999 - The General Electric
+---Silverchair
| +---1995 - Frogstomp
| +---1996 - Freak Show
| +---1999 - Neon Ballroom
| +---2002 - Diorama
| \---2007 - Young Modern
+---Skid Row
| \---1989 - Skid Row
+---Skunk Anansie
| +---1995 - Paranoid & Sunburnt
| +---1996 - Stoosh
| +---1998 - Post Orgasmic Chill
| \---2010 - Wonderlustre
+---Social Distortion
| +---2004 - Sex, Love, and Rock n' Roll
| \---2011 - Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes
+---Soundgarden
| \---1994 - Superunkown
+---Spiderbait
| +---1996 - Ivy And The Big Apples
| \---1999 - Grand Slam
+---Staind
| +---2001 - Break the Cycle
| +---2003 - 14 Shades Of Grey
| +---2005 - Chapter V
| +---2008 - The Illusion Of Progress
| \---2011 - Staind
+---Stone Temple Pilots
| +---1992 - Core
| +---1994 - Purple
| \---1996 - Tiny Music...Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop
+---Story Of The Year
| +---2003 - Page Avenue
| +---2005 - In The Wake Of Determination
| +---2005 - Live In The Lou
| +---2008 - The Black Swan
| \---2010 - The Constant
+---Strung Out
| +---1994 - Another Day In Paradise
| +---1996 - Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues
| +---1998 - Twisted By Design
| +---2000 - The Element Of Sonic Defiance
| +---2002 - An American Paradox
| +---2003 - Live In A Dive
| +---2004 - Exile In Oblivion
| +---2007 - Blackhawks Over Los Angeles
| \---2009 - Agents Of The Underground
+---Sublime
| +---1992 - Sublime
| \---1997 - Second-Hand Smoke
+---Sugar
| +---1992 - Copper Blue
| +---1993 - Beaster
| \---1994 - File Under- Easy Listening
+---Sum 41
| +---2000 - Half Hour Of Power
| +---2001 - All Killer No Filler
| +---2002 - Does This Look Infected
| +---2004 - Chuck
| +---2007 - Underclass Hero
| \---2011 - Screaming Bloody Murder
+---Supergrass
| +---1995 - I Should Coco
| +---1997 - In It For the Money
| \---1999 - Supergrass
+---Supergroove
| +---1994 - Traction
| \---1996 - Backspacer
+---Switchfoot
| \---2005 - Nothing Is Sound
+---System Of A Down
| \---2001 - Toxicity
+---Tenacious D
| \---2001 - Tenacious D
+---The Ataris
| \---2003 - So Long, Astoria
+---The Beatles
| +---1963 - Please Please Me (Mono)
| +---1963 - With The Beatles (Mono)
| +---1964 - A Hard Day's Night (Mono)
| +---1964 - Beatles For Sale (Mono)
| +---1965 - Help! (Mono)
| +---1965 - Rubber Soul (Mono)
| +---1966 - Revolver (Mono)
| +---1967 - Hey Jude
| +---1967 - Magical Mystery Tour (Mono)
| +---1967 - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (Mono)
| +---1968 - The White Album Disc 1 (Mono)
| +---1968 - The White Album Disc 2 (Mono)
| +---1969 - Yellow Submarine
| +---1970 - Let It Be
| +---2000 - One
| +---2003 - Let It Be... Naked
| +---2009 - Mono Masters Disc 1
| \---2009 - Mono Masters Disc 2
+---The Black Crowes
| \---1990 - Shake Your Money Maker
+---The Black Seeds
| +---2001 - Keep On Pushing LP
| \---2008 - Solid Ground
+---The Bloodhound Gang
| +---1996 - One Fierce Beer Coaster
| \---2000 - Hooray For Boobies
+---The Darkness
| \---2003 - Permission To Land
+---The Doobie Brothers
| \---1976 - Best Of The Doobies
+---The Eagles
| \---1994 - Hell Freezes Over
+---The Finn Brothers
| \---2004 - Everyone Is Here
+---The Get Up Kids
| +---1996 - Woodson Ep
| +---1997 - Four Minute Mile
| +---1999 - Red Letter Day Ep
| +---1999 - Something To Write Home About
| \---2001 - Eudora
+---The Killers
| +---2004 - Hot Fuss
| +---2006 - Sam's Town
| \---2008 - Day & Age
+---The Living End
| +---1998 - The Living End
| +---2000 - Roll On
| +---2003 - Modern Artillery
| +---2006 - State Of Emergency
| \---2011 - The Ending Is Just The Beginning Repeating
+---The Loved Ones
| \---2008 - Build & Burn
+---The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
| \---1997 - Lets Face It
+---The Offspring
| +---1989 - The Offspring
| +---1992 - Ignition
| +---1994 - Smash
| +---1997 - Ixnay On The Hombre
| +---1998 - Americana
| +---2000 - Conspiracy Of One
| +---2003 - Splinter
| +---2008 - Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace
| \---2012 - Days Go By
+---The Reverend Horton Heat
| \---1996 - It's Martini Time
+---The Rolling Stones
| +---2002 - Forty Licks Disc 1
| \---2002 - Forty Licks Disc 2
+---The Smashing Pumpkins
| +---1991 - Gish
| +---1993 - Siamese Dream
| +---1994 - Pisces Iscariot
| +---1995 - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Dawn To Dusk Disc 1
| +---1995 - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Twilight To Starlight Disc 2
| +---1998 - Adore
| +---2000 - Machina - The Machines Of God
| \---2012 - Oceania
+---The Strokes
| +---2001 - Is This It
| +---2003 - Room On Fire
| +---2006 - First Impressions of Earth
| \---2011 - Angles
+---The Vandals
| +---1998 - Hitler Bad, Vandals Good
| +---2000 - Look What I Almost Stepped In
| \---2000 - Oi! To The World
+---The Verve
| +---1997 - Urban Hymns
| \---2004 - This Is Music (The Singles 92-98)
+---Thievery Corporation
| \---2006 - Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi
+---Thrice
| +---2001 - Identity Crisis
| +---2002 - The Illusion Of Safety
| +---2003 - The Artist In The Ambulance
| +---2004 - If We Could Only See Us Now
| +---2005 - Vheissu
| +---2006 - Red Sky Ep
| +---2007 - The Alchemy Index- Vol. 1 - Fire
| +---2007 - The Alchemy Index- Vol. 2 - Water
| +---2008 - Live At The House Of Blues Disc 1
| +---2008 - Live At The House Of Blues Disc 2
| +---2008 - The Alchemy Index- Vol. 3 - Air
| +---2008 - The Alchemy Index- Vol. 4 - Earth
| +---2009 - Beggars
| \---2011 - Major-Minor
+---Tool
| +---1996 - Aenima
| +---2000 - Salival
| \---2006 - 10,000 Days
+---UB40
| \---1987 - The Best Of UB40 Vol. 1
+---Unwritten Law
| +---1996 - Oz Factor
| +---1998 - Unwritten Law
| +---2002 - Elva
| +---2003 - Music In High Places
| +---2005 - Here's To The Mourning
| +---2008 - Live And Lawless
| \---2011 - Swan
+---Van Morrison
| \---1990 - The Best Of Van Morrison
+---Various Artists
| +---1980 - The Blues Brothers - Music From The Soundtrack
| +---1988 - Good Morning, Vietnam
| +---1994 - Natural Born Killers Soundtrack
| +---1998 - Chef Aid- The South Park Album
| +---1999 - Fat Music Volume III - Physical Fatness
| +---1999 - Fat Music Volume IV - Life in the Fat Lane
| +---2001 - Floyd ...And Out Come The Teeth
| +---2001 - Forrest Gump - The Soundtrack - Disc 1
| +---2001 - Forrest Gump - The Soundtrack - Disc 2
| +---2004 - Rock Against Bush Vol. 1
| +---2004 - Rock Against Bush Vol. 2
| \---2005 - Switcheroo Series
+---Vicious Hairy Mary
| \---1999 - Orchestra Phantasma
+---Weezer
| +---1994 - The Blue Album
| +---1996 - Pinkerton
| +---2001 - The Green Album
| +---2002 - Maladroit
| +---2005 - Make Believe
| \---2008 - Red Album
+---White Zombie
| \---1996 - Supersexy Swingin' Sounds
+---Whitesnake
| \---1994 - Greatest Hits
+---Yellowcard
| +---2003 - Ocean Avenue
| +---2006 - Lights and Sounds
| +---2007 - Paper Walls
| +---2011 - When You're Through Thinking Say Yes
| +---2011 - When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes (Acoustic)
| \---2012 - Southern Air
\---Zebrahead
+---1998 - Waste Of Mind
\---2000 - Playmate Of The Year

This is 8047 wave files, mainly rock music.

-The Results-

Compression %


Size GB


-Raw Results-

CODE

CODE

Codec                        GB    Compression
WAV                        293.36    100.00%
FLAC -0                    212.42     72.41%
SHORTEN                    212.02     72.27%
FLAC -1                    207.16     70.62%
FLAC -2                    206.64     70.44%
FLAC -3                    202.06     68.88%
WMA                        199.99     68.17%
WAVPACK -F                 198.78     67.76%
ALAC                       197.96     67.48%
FLAC -4                    196.14     66.86%
FLAC -5                    195.73     66.72%
FLAC -6                    195.72     66.72%
FLAC -7                    195.47     66.63%
WAVPACK                    195.20     66.54%
FLAC -8                    195.06     66.49%
TTA                        194.69     66.37%
MONKEYS AUDIO FAST         193.80     66.06%
WAVPACK -H                 193.21     65.86%
TAKC -P1                   192.80     65.72%
WAVPACK -HH                192.41     65.59%
TAKC -P2                   191.00     65.11%
MONKEYS AUDIO NORMAL       190.67     65.00%
TAKC -P3                   190.11     64.81%
MONKEYS AUDIO HIGH         189.98     64.76%
TAKC -P4                   189.76     64.68%
OPTIMFROG                  189.36     64.55%
MONKEYS AUDIO EXTRA HIGH   188.77     64.35%
MONKEYS AUDIO INSANE       188.23     64.16%
LA                         187.30     63.85%
LA -HIGH                   186.73     63.65%

This post has been edited by A_Man_Eating_Duck: Oct 4 2012, 09:43

[IgorC]

FLAC also has some addtional parameters those help a little bit.

Like: -8 -A tukey(0.5) -A flattop
Like here http://www.synthetic-soul.co.uk/comparison...sion&Desc=0

Maybe compression vs decoding speed is not less interesting (if not more) than pure compression comparison.